wandellof7 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I have been homeschooling for the past 12 years. I have two biological children that I've homeschooled through 8th grade and they are doing well in high school. I am also in the process of homeschooling two other kiddos. I am thinking about bring my adopted FASD twins home to homeschool next year for 3rd grade. I would like to know if it is even possible to use the WTM suggested resources with children with severe special needs? I have been using FLL and WWE with my younger child and love using this method but I am scared to even try it with children with special needs. I believe that Saxon Math would be the best for them because of the constant review. But want to know what other suggestions you might have for Language Arts.:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Can you go ahead and try the lessons and simply modify them as needed? I am not in the same situation, but often just ease up or increase the difficulty of a single lesson so that it covers all three of my students' needs. Sometimes I find additional worksheets that are age-appropriate online, sometimes we just do the work as a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I have been homeschooling for the past 12 years. I have two biological children that I've homeschooled through 8th grade and they are doing well in high school. I am also in the process of homeschooling two other kiddos. I am thinking about bring my adopted FASD twins home to homeschool next year for 3rd grade. I would like to know if it is even possible to use the WTM suggested resources with children with severe special needs? I have been using FLL and WWE with my younger child and love using this method but I am scared to even try it with children with special needs. I believe that Saxon Math would be the best for them because of the constant review. But want to know what other suggestions you might have for Language Arts.:confused: I really struggle with wanting to use WWE with my 12 yo DS who is not FASD...I've been told repeatedly that he requires systematic, explicit, and direct multi-sensory instruction. We start in the Fall. I was told that Winston Grammar, Daily Grams for punctuation, and IEW were good options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 you are flexible. You'll need to adapt. Slow down, supplement, review when needed. I found Saxon to be awful for my stuggling math student. It just isn't flexible enough. IME, curriculum is just a resources you use. As the teacher/parent you need to assess, review, and set the pace for learning. I love the TWTM focus on language and the classsical way of teaching writing (narration, copywork, dictation, outlining, etc.), but I don't believe it is a pick-up and go structure that works for struggling and sometimes even average kids. Take from it what works and let the rest go. For example, I wouldn't attempt Latin with a kiddo that has a significant LD. And, I'm not sure that formal grammar with diagraming is all that necessary or useful in an LD situation. I think that time is better used working on the 3R's. HTH, Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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